Senate Republicans target pro-Armenian Senator Schiff with new LETITIA act Will the Lobbyist Share Menendez’s Fate?

American website PJ Media has published an article about the potential legal troubles facing Democratic pro-Armenian Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The piece highlights the recently introduced LETITIA Act by Senator John Cornyn, aimed at toughening penalties for public officials involved in mortgage, bank, or tax fraud. Named after James, the bill seeks to close loopholes protecting political elites from accountability. With allegations against Schiff involving falsified mortgage documents, the legislation could bring significant consequences for high-profile politicians previously seen as untouchable. Caliber.Az republishes the piece with minor modifications.

"It looks like Senate Republicans aren’t just talking tough on corruption—they’re laying the groundwork for real accountability, and Democrats like Sen. Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James may finally have reason to worry.

Sen. John Cornyn has introduced the Law Enforcement Tools to Interdict Troubling Investments in Abodes—or the LETITIA Act, pointedly named after the New York AG herself. But this isn’t just a symbolic jab. The bill represents a serious move to expand criminal liability and, more importantly, stiffen penalties for public officials who abuse their positions for personal gain—specifically through shady dealings like mortgage or tax fraud.

Letitia James is famous for her partisan pursuit of President Trump, yet she herself now entangled in a federal investigation over mortgage fraud. But the real intrigue emerges with the bill’s potential impact on Adam Schiff—the very same Schiff who for years cloaked himself in the language of integrity while leading partisan witch hunts against Trump and his allies. The tables may be turning.

Details in the public record are damning. Housing authority Bill Pulte has accused Schiff of falsifying bank documents and misrepresenting primary residences across multiple states to secure more favourable mortgage terms. These aren’t garden-variety clerical mistakes—they’re deliberate moves that, under Cornyn’s proposal, would be subject to mandatory prison terms. If signed into law, the LETITIA Act would slap public officials convicted of bank fraud, loan or mortgage fraud, or tax fraud with minimum sentences—one year for bank or loan fraud, six months for tax fraud—ratcheting up to five years for repeated patterns of abuse. No more tepid reprimands or backroom wrist-slaps for insiders who get caught. 

So, is this the moment where the Senate GOP draws a legal bullseye on Adam Schiff? Cornyn makes no effort to hide his intention to empower President Trump and authorities to finally “hold crooked politicians like New York’s Letitia James accountable for defrauding their constituents, violating their oath of office, and breaking the law.” The context leaves little doubt: this bill is meant not just as a warning to all but as a calibrated legislative knife aimed specifically at the likes of James and Schiff—high-ranking Democrats who have made a career out of prosecuting their rivals and hoisting the banner of unassailable virtue.

Adam Schiff, having cultivated an image as the tireless force against corruption and chaos, now finds that the same legal tripwires he spent years setting for others could be lying directly in his path. The Justice Department hasn’t pressed charges yet, but the bill puts a powerful tool in their hands—one designed to close the loopholes that have too long separated members of the political elite from real-world accountability.

When the law’s hammer falls, it must strike without favouritism. The message from Senate Republicans is unmistakable: if Schiff is guilty of the mortgage fraud allegations levelled against him, he should face the same jail time and personal ruin that the system eagerly imposes on anyone outside the Beltway. The LETITIA Act, if passed and enforced, tears down the shield of privilege, daring to answer the question: Will Adam Schiff finally be held legally accountable? 

The Justice Department hasn’t pressed charges yet, but the bill puts a powerful tool in their hands—one designed to close the loopholes that have too long separated members of the political elite from real-world accountability," the article reads.

Previously, another pro-Armenian lobbyist — former US Senator Bob Menendez — was found guilty of bribery and sentenced to 11 years in prison. Menendez, formerly a Senator from New Jersey and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was convicted of participating in a corruption scheme through which he and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, received hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold bars and cash bundles.

The former senator is currently serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania.

By Aghakazim Guliyev